redaemn/jquery-mobile — comment on commit 1559478aae179850bb40c6da7a224407cec2f9d3
File: js/jquery.mobile.degradeInputs.js line 32
By jblas:

Actually, if you leave the original code for accessing the options alone, that is don't change the way you access the options, it makes things more flexible since it allows someone to specify overrides at the time the page constructor is called.